Joey Chestnut wolfed down 62 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes to win the guys’s competitors of the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hotdog consuming contest for the 16th time Tuesday. The champ eater whose label is “Jaws” disappointed the record 76 hot dogs and buns that he set at the Independence Day occasion in 2021.
The guys’s competitors was postponed for almost 2 hours Tuesday afternoon on New York’s Coney Island after thunderstorms struck the location. Asked about lighting strikes on Coney Island, the New York Fire Department informed CBS News an individual was hurt in an electrocution occurrence and was required to a medical facility.
Asked about the weather condition hold-up after the win, Chestnut said it was “a roller rollercoaster, mentally,” which “everyone got screwed up” by the wait.
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He was wanting to break his 2021 record however rather came simply shy of the 63 hot dogs and buns he gulped down last year. “It didn’t come together,” he said, however he still felt terrific.
“I got remaining room, so I’m going to be having some beers later on,” Chestnut said.
In protecting his 8th straight win, Chestnut taken in an estimated 18,600 calories. As for his July Fourth supper? “It’s a liquid diet plan tonight,” he said.
Chestnut, 39, won by a margin of 13 hot dogs and buns. Geoffrey Esper, 48, gobbled down 49 to come in 2nd location, and James Webb, 34, rounded off 47.
Earlier in the day, Miki Sudo put away 39.5 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes to win the females’s competitors for the ninth time. Sudo disappointed breaking her own record of 48.5 hot dogs and buns, which she set at the Independence Day occasion in 2020.
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Sudo, 37, dealt with stiff competitors from Mayoi Ebihara, 27, who feasted on 33.5 hot dogs and buns to end up in 2nd location. Michelle Lesco, 39, completed in 3rd location after consuming 24.25 hot dogs and buns.
After Sudo won, she said her last tally wasn’t an entire number since of a bun neither she nor Lesco idea was theirs. Officials eventually chose it was Sudo’s.
“I simply desire individuals to understand that I would not have actually left a partial hotdog on the table,” she said.
Sudo and Ebihara appeared to have actually completed much more detailed at the end of the livestreamed competitors with informal outcomes separating them by 1. Sudo said Ebihara’s eating design captured her eye throughout the occasion. “I discovered myself seeing her, which I never ever wish to do,” she said.
As judges were tallying the main outcomes, they talked with each other, shook hands and hugged prior to Sudo was stated the winner out of 15 females.
Last year, Sudo polished off 40 hot dogs and buns to win the contest.
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